Despite the objection of a Navarre resident, the Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners approved revised plans for a 49-lot subdivision off Whispering Pines Boulevard.

Heidi Allgood, a 13-year resident of Navarre, brought multiple issues to the board's attention Thursday morning in a lengthy presentation during the commissioners' regular meeting in Milton.

In the end, after more than an hour of dialogue with Allgood, the board backed the Creets Landing development proposed by Navarre businessman Robert Killingsworth and decided to look into a future study on flooding issues in the area — one of the top concerns raised by Allgood during her remarks to the board.

"Overall, they did their job and I spoke my peace and they let me," said Allgood, who lives nearby on Heritage Circle, on Thursday afternoon. "Was I happy? No, but it was not unexpected. I hope they will address the flooding and have a study done."

The plan for Creets Landing, which has been on the county's radar since 2016, now calls for 49 lots and includes a road that was redesigned to avoid wetland issues. This is different from previous sets of plans submitted to the county. The most recent in December 2017 was denied by the County Commission because of zoning issues, according to Santa Rosa County Zoning and Planning Director Shawn Ward.

"By doing this, the road wraps around a 'wetland finger,' and they were able to add a short cul-de-sac as well," Ward wrote in a memo to the board.

Plans for Creets Landing submitted to the county in 2016 called for 44 homes, and that was then changed to 48 smaller lots in December. Ward said current plans are consistent with the county's Land Development Code, which outlines development standards for all land use in the county.

Because of this, the board had to approve the 49-lot plan.

"If it meets the land development code, the board has no legal basis to deny," Santa Rosa County Attorney Roy Andrews said during the meeting.

Allgood was among a large group of citizens who attended the commissioners' special zoning meeting in December, when the matter was discussed and ultimately denied.

She said her concern from that session — and for the south end of the county as a whole — is based on "responsible development."

"Building has been going crazy in Navarre and the impact is multiple," Allgood said on Thursday. "There's a lot of flooding going on in the area, traffic concerns. Flooding is major and it affects subdivisions around here. We know schools are at max capacity."

Allgood expressed dissatisfaction that concerns she expressed to the county on flooding and the request to study the matter following the December meeting have not been properly addressed by county officials. Allgood said she heard from Commissioner Bob Cole on those concerns but said her request was apparently not received by others.

Cole said Thursday he supported the idea of a study, and he was ready to move forward with the idea, but it was reigned in by Commissioner Lane Lynchard.

While acknowledging that flooding is a problem in the south end, Lynchard said the county needs to acquire information such as how many structures flood during significant rain events versus how much of the flooding could be called "nuisance flooding" that leads to road closures.

"We need to know how many structures are flooding and what are we faced with," Lynchard said. "It's something we need to look into with certainty. Let us get accurate historical data on flooding in the area and determine a way to move forward."